“Can’t Buy My Love” (** out of four) was a plastic romantic comedy about a rich snob (Benjamin Hollingsworth) and a paramedic applying for medical school (Adelaide Kane) who meet cute and then gradually bicker and fall in love, despite their different places in life. As contrived as it is predictable, with a tacked-on happy ending, although ace character actor James Remar has some nice moments as Hollingsworth’s dad. Director Farhad Mann shows a fumbling hand at romantic comedy which isn’t all that surprising from the guy who directed “Max Headroom” in the 80’s. Byetheway, this has no relation to the 1987 comedy of the same name with Patrick Dempsey. “Buy” that movie instead of this one.

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